From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 10 00:06:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4D7F16A41F for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:06:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from listbunny@metalbunny.net) Received: from pd5mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB6943D62 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:06:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from listbunny@metalbunny.net) Received: from pd5mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (pd5mr7so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.183]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IR900DNJ9LODG20@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:05:48 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd5mr7so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IR9004IZ9LOEJA0@pd5mr7so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:05:48 -0700 (MST) Received: from BUNNY.mail2.metalbunny.net ([24.66.0.125]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IR9003KC9LNGAD0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:05:48 -0700 (MST) Received: from bunny.metalbunny.net ([127.0.0.1]) by mail2.metalbunny.net with MailEnable ESMTP; Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:05:47 -0700 Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:05:46 -0700 From: Rene Brehmer In-reply-to: <200512091125.19988.kstewart@owt.com> To: Kent Stewart , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <7.0.0.10.0.20051209170125.04292da8@metalbunny.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.0.10 (Beta) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed References: <7.0.0.10.0.20051209114401.04251028@metalbunny.net> <200512091125.19988.kstewart@owt.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Error "Can't load kernel" on install boot-up X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:06:05 -0000 Hi Kent At 12:25 09/12/2005, Kent Stewart wrote: [snip] > > When booting from the CD, the bootloader loads up, then has that > > twirling line character, and then it stops with "can't load kernel", > > and a prompt that simply says "OK". > > I've tried a few times both with the CD1 image and the Install image, > > but both dies at the same place. > > There's a whole bunch of .ko files in the /kernel folder, so I assume > > the kernel is actually there. It may be a hardware issue, only I > > dunno what as I found 99% of all my hardware on the currently > > supported list. > > > > Machine is Asus A7N8X mobo rev. 2.0, latest BIOS, Athlon XP 2600+, 1 > > GB dual-channel DDR400 HyperX RAM, 160 GB WD Caviar SE 8 MB ATA/100 > > hdd, 40 GB IBM Deskstar 60GXP ATA/100 hdd, Iwill/Advansys > > Ultra-SCSI-2 controller + Plextor UltraPlex 40tsi & Plextor > > PlexWriter 12/10/32tsi CD drives, Sapphire Radeon 9800Pro 256 MB > > AGPx8 graphics on DVI to Viewsonic VX715, SoundBlaster Audigy2 sound, > > 550 W Antec TruePower PSU. [snip] >I always use Nero 6 on XP to burn my CDs. They always burn at 42x. They >always work. So, Nero isn't a problem. > >What were you trying to install? It sounds like you downloaded something >other than an I-386 iso and it wouldn't run in that mode. They're supposed to be i386 iso's: 6.0-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso 6.0-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso 6.0-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso I tried both the bootonly and the disc1 images to boot from, both fail at the same spot. I haven't got a clue how to check the MD5 of them, so I dunno if they're corrupted... but the filesize matches, so I assumed they were ok. I don't have any problem booting from other CDs btw (only have Windows CDs to try with though) ... just these ones... Rene -- Rene Brehmer aka Metalbunny We have nothing to fear from free speech and free information on the Internet but pop-up advertising! http://metalbunny.net/ References, tools, and other useful stuff... Check out the new Metalbunny forums at http://forums.metalbunny.net/